flame color

noun

1. bright reddish-orange.

Other Words From

• flame-colored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flame color¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The storm-portending evening glow tinges the fleecy clouds flame color, causing the rest of the sky to appear topaz green.

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He caught flashes of flame color beneath the gray and at her breast fluttered a knot of scarlet silk.

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Warm reds and even flame-color can be worn, but ambers, yellows and fawns will be the more harmonious.

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Soaring streamers of red and flame-color arched the eastern sky like the dome of a mighty pagoda.

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Virgil represents her horses as of flame color, and varies their number from two to four, according as she rises slower or faster.

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